The King's Speech (2010)
24 Dec 2010 ● English ● 1 hr 58 mins
Directed by Tom Hooper, starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter in the lead roles.
Cast: Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter
Crew: Tom Hooper (Director)
Release Dates: 24 Dec 2010 (India)
Did you know? The film's screenwriter David Seidler stammered as a child, and heard King George VI's wartime speech as a child. As an adult, he wrote to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (widow of George VI) and asked for permission to use the King's story to create a movie. The Queen Mother asked him not to during her lifetime, saying the memories were too painful. Seidler respected her request. Read More
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Direction
Director
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
English
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1 (Flat)
Stereoscopy:
No
Movie Connection(s):
Reference: The Art of the Steal (English)
Trivia:
The film's screenwriter David Seidler stammered as a child, and heard King George VI's wartime speech as a child. As an adult, he wrote to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (widow of George VI) and asked for permission to use the King's story to create a movie. The Queen Mother asked him not to during her lifetime, saying the memories were too painful. Seidler respected her request.
Nine weeks before filming began, Lionel Logue's grandson, Mark Logue, discovered a large box in his attic that contained his grandfather's personal papers. The box held Lionel Logue's diary, his appointment book, notes from his speech therapy sessions with King George VI, and over one hundred personal letters to Logue from the King. It also contained what is believed to be the actual copy of the speech used by George VI in his 1939 radio broadcast announcing the declaration of war with Germany (which he makes at the end of this movie). Mark Logue turned his grandfather's papers, letters, and diary over to Director Tom Hooper and Screenwriter David Seidler, who used them to flesh out the relationship between Logue and the King. Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth also read through the material for insight into their characters. The exchange in this movie between Logue and King George VI following his radio speech ("You still stammered on the 'W'." / "Well, I had to throw in a few so they knew it was me.") was taken directly from Logue's diary. Colin Firth insisted that it should be included in the movie.
Lionel refuses to allow Bertie to smoke during their speech sessions, saying "sucking smoke into your lungs will kill you." King George VI, who often smoked twenty to twenty-five cigarettes a day, died from complications of lung cancer surgery on February 6, 1952, at age fifty-six.
Nine weeks before filming began, Lionel Logue's grandson, Mark Logue, discovered a large box in his attic that contained his grandfather's personal papers. The box held Lionel Logue's diary, his appointment book, notes from his speech therapy sessions with King George VI, and over one hundred personal letters to Logue from the King. It also contained what is believed to be the actual copy of the speech used by George VI in his 1939 radio broadcast announcing the declaration of war with Germany (which he makes at the end of this movie). Mark Logue turned his grandfather's papers, letters, and diary over to Director Tom Hooper and Screenwriter David Seidler, who used them to flesh out the relationship between Logue and the King. Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth also read through the material for insight into their characters. The exchange in this movie between Logue and King George VI following his radio speech ("You still stammered on the 'W'." / "Well, I had to throw in a few so they knew it was me.") was taken directly from Logue's diary. Colin Firth insisted that it should be included in the movie.
Lionel refuses to allow Bertie to smoke during their speech sessions, saying "sucking smoke into your lungs will kill you." King George VI, who often smoked twenty to twenty-five cigarettes a day, died from complications of lung cancer surgery on February 6, 1952, at age fifty-six.
